Our annual ranking of the world's largest corporations


Countries
Country
Rank ▾
Company Global
500
rank
City Revenues
($ millions)
1 Hon Hai Precision Industry 43 New Taipei City 117,514
2 Quanta Computer 279 Kuei Shan Hsiang 37,770
3 CPC 337 Taipei 32,769
4 Formosa Petrochemical 408 Mailiao 27,179
5 Compal Electronics 468 Taipei 23,591
6 Wistron 493 Taipei 22,408
From the July 23, 2012 issue
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Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S. 132
China 73
Japan 68
Company 2011 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores 2,200,000
China National Petroleum 1,668,072
State Grid 1,583,000
Company 2011 Profits
($ millions)
Gazprom $44,459.6
Exxon Mobil $41,060
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China $32,214.1
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